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Chapter 1:
Before you start
Our philosophy
Pionee
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is dedicated to making you
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home theate
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listening ex
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e
r
ience as close as
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ossible to the vision of
the moviemake
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s and maste
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ing enginee
r
when they
c
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eated the o
r
iginal soundt
r
ack. We do this by focusing
on th
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ee im
p
o
r
tant ste
p
s:
1
Achieving the highest possible sound quality
2
Allowing for customized acoustic calibration
according to any listening area
3
Fine-tuning the receiver with the help of world-
class studio engineers
1
1
With the cooperation of AIR Studios, this receiver has
been designated AIR Studios Monitor:
Features
•
Direct Energy HD Amplifier
Th
r
ough a collabo
r
ation, Pionee
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and ICE
p
owe
r
have
jointly develo
p
ment a unique class D am
p
lifie
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called a
“Di
r
ect Ene
r
gy High Fidelity Class D (HD) am
p
lifie
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new gene
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ation
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efe
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ence am
p
lifie
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offe
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s outstanding
p
e
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fo
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mance (high out
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ut of 700 W simultaneous) with
high sound quality and
r
e
pr
oduces the latest in multi-
channel digital contents.
•
Easy setup using Advanced MCACC
The Auto MCACC Setu
p
pr
ovides a quick but accu
r
ate
su
rr
ound sound setu
p
, which includes the advanced
featu
r
es of P
r
ofessional Acoustic Calib
r
ation EQ. This
innovative technology measu
r
es the
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eve
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b
cha
r
acte
r
istics of you
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listening a
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ea, allowing you to
customize you
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system calib
r
ation with the hel
p
of a
g
r
a
p
hical out
p
ut that can be dis
p
layed on-sc
r
een o
r
using com
p
ute
r
. With the additional benefits of
nume
r
ous MCACC
pr
eset memo
r
ies, standing wave
cont
r
ol and mic
r
o
p
hone measu
r
ements f
r
om a se
r
ies of
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efe
r
ence
p
oints, you
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home theate
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ex
p
e
r
ience can be
t
r
uly customized fo
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o
p
timal su
rr
ound sound.
•
THX certified design
This
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eceive
r
bea
r
s the THX Select2 Plus logo, which
means it has
p
assed a
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igo
r
ous se
r
ies of quality and
p
e
r
fo
r
mance tests cove
r
ing eve
r
y as
p
ect of the
pr
oduct.
This includes testing of
pr
e-am
p
lifie
r
and
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owe
r
am
p
lifie
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p
e
r
fo
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mance and o
p
e
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ation, and hund
r
eds of othe
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p
a
r
amete
r
s in both the digital and analog domain,
making you
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home theate
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ex
p
e
r
ience as faithful as
p
ossible to what the di
r
ecto
r
intended.
•
Dolby Digital and DTS decoding, including Dolby
Digital EX, Dolby Pro Logic IIx, DTS 96/24, DTS-ES, Dolby
Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-EXPRESS and DTS-HD
Master Audio
Dolby Digital and DTS decoding b
r
ings theate
r
sound
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ight into you
r
home with u
p
to six channels of su
rr
ound
sound, including a s
p
ecial LFE (Low F
r
equency Effects)
channel fo
r
dee
p
,
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ealistic sound effects.
The built-in Dolby P
r
o Logic IIx and DTS Neo:6 decode
r
s
not only
pr
ovide full su
rr
ound sound decoding fo
r
Dolby
Su
rr
ound sou
r
ces, but will also gene
r
ate convincing
su
rr
ound sound fo
r
any ste
r
eo sou
r
ce.
Also, with the addition of a su
rr
ound back s
p
eake
r
, you
can take advantage of the built-in Dolby Digital EX and
DTS-ES decode
r
s fo
r
six-channel su
rr
ound sound.
Fu
r
the
r
mo
r
e, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby T
r
ueHD,
which a
r
e designed fo
r
the next-gene
r
ation high-
definition media such as Blu-
r
ay Disc and HD DVD,
su
pp
o
r
t u
p
to 7.1 channels and 8 channels
r
es
p
ectively.
DTS-EXPRESS is a low-bit
r
ate encoding technology
su
pp
o
r
ting u
p
to 5.1 channels, with fixed data t
r
ansfe
r
r
ates
r
anging f
r
om 24 kb
p
s to 256 kb
p
s (this encoding is
available only when signals a
r
e delive
r
ed to this
r
eceive
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as
pr
ima
r
y audio).
DTS-HD Maste
r
Audio delive
r
s audio signals to listene
r
s
without any loss of data with its high t
r
ansfe
r
r
ates.
•
Phase Control
The Phase Cont
r
ol technology inco
rp
o
r
ated into this
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eceive
r
’s design
pr
ovides cohe
r
ent sound
r
e
pr
oduction
th
r
ough the use of
p
hase matching fo
r
an o
p
timal sound
image at you
r
listening
p
osition.
•
Full Band Phase Control
The Full Band Phase Cont
r
ol featu
r
e analyzes the
f
r
equency-
p
hase cha
r
acte
r
istics of the s
p
eake
r
s
connected and co
rr
ects the
p
hase disto
r
tion to the
flattened f
r
equency-
p
hase cha
r
acte
r
istics. This
co
rr
ection minimizes the g
r
ou
p
delay of the middle- and
low-f
r
equency
r
anges against the high-f
r
equency
r
ange
and im
pr
oves the f
r
equency-
p
hase cha
r
acte
r
istics
ac
r
oss all
r
anges. Fu
r
the
r
mo
r
e, the enhanced f
r
equency-
p
hase cha
r
acte
r
istics between channels ensu
r
e bette
r
su
rr
ound sound integ
r
ation.
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